Pertussis-vaccination rates too low
A CDC analysis reveals that only 5.9% of adults aged 18 to 64 years received the Tdap vaccine in 2008.
Preventive Medicine
Once-a-decade BMD screening sufficient
Women aged 67 years and older with normal bone mineral density scores may not need to undergo such testing again for 10 years.
Blacks need early BP meds
Hypertension in blacks is such a serious health problem that treatment thresholds should be lowered and providers should quickly move to multidrug therapy to keep BP comfortably below the thresholds.
Primary-care CRC screening lacking
Fewer than one in five U.S. primary-care physicians follow practice guidelines for all recommended colorectal cancer screening modalities.
Ivabradine may reduce HF mortality, hospital admission
Ivabradine is a novel agent that lowers heart rate by inhibiting the I(f) current in the sinoatrial node.
Regular exercise reduces midlife weight gain
Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity, five days a week, few long-term data corroborated the amount of activity necessary to keep weight off until now.
Many patients fail to complete HPV vaccine series on time
Private insurance and race affected whether or not young women adhered to recommended three-dose vaccine schedule.
Controversy over fish oil’s cardioprotective effects
Trial results poured cold water on claims that omega-3s prevent heart attacks. What does the future hold for these popular supplements?
Most women do not get recommended mammograms
Many women aged older than 40 do not get an annual mammogram, even if they have insurance to pay for it.
Aspirin may improve diagnostic performance for colorectal cancer test
Short-term low-dose aspirin use prior to immunochemical fecal occult blood testing (iFOBT) significantly increased the test’s sensitivity for detecting advanced colorectal tumors.
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